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	<description>Commentary on the measurement muddle in the UK</description>
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		<title>Why I became involved with measurement matters</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ronniec</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of our readers has written to explain why he became interested in the campaign to complete Britain&#8217;s prolonged metric changeover. Ronnie Cohen wrote recently to Metric Views: &#8220;Out of all the bread-and-butter issues that top the political agenda, you &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2012/01/why-i-became-involved-with-measurement-matters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Which? sees the light – and Panorama joins in</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By an odd co-incidence both “Which?” magazine and the BBC’s flagship “Panorama” programme  have recently run stories on the scams employed by the big supermarkets to prevent customers from comparing “value for money” in their weekly shopping. However, despite their &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/which-sees-the-light-%e2%80%93-and-panorama-joins-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Heading for the exit?</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problems of sovereign debt in the eurozone have seen the UK side-tracked in EU decision making, and, say some commentators, headed for the exit. Is this situation likely to impact on the UK’s stalled metric changeover? The editors of Metric &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/12/heading-for-the-exit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Christmas approaches so reach for a mail order catalogue</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/christmas-approaches-reach-for-a-mail-order-catalogue/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/christmas-approaches-reach-for-a-mail-order-catalogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mail-order-catalogues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our regular contributors has submitted a comment about mail order catalogues, even though he admits there is no Metric Views article to which it relates. We are happy to respond by reproducing part of one of several articles &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/10/christmas-approaches-reach-for-a-mail-order-catalogue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>UK house builders rumbled</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/uk-house-builders-rumbled/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/uk-house-builders-rumbled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obfuscation is a handy tool for those who wish to improve the profitability of their business at the expense of the consumer. And often a good place to start is the use of measurements. Now a new report has placed &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/09/uk-house-builders-rumbled/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>ASDA downsizes strawberries &#8211; brilliant publicity stunt</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 15:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports in the tabloid media suggest that Asda has reverted to selling strawberries in “pounds”.  So what has really happened? The Sun got the story first on Friday, 27 May, and ran it as follows. ASDA is going back to &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/asda-downsizes-strawberries-brilliant-publicity-stunt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
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		<title>Surprisingly balanced article in the Daily Mail</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/surprisingly-balanced-article-in-the-daily-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/surprisingly-balanced-article-in-the-daily-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 08:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article about metrication appeared in the Daily Mail Online recently, describing the current situation reasonably well – but arguing that the current British mixture of metric and imperial measurements is actually a good thing since it enables people &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/05/surprisingly-balanced-article-in-the-daily-mail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Minister confirms business as usual</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/04/minister-confirms-business-as-usual/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/04/minister-confirms-business-as-usual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>derekp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[residual imperial usage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=2040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to letter from the British Weights and Measures Association (BWMA), the Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts MP, has confirmed that there is no change in Government policy on the units of measurement in use &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/04/minister-confirms-business-as-usual/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bizarre 2/3 pint proposal to go ahead</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/bizarre-23-pint-proposal-to-go-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/bizarre-23-pint-proposal-to-go-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=1761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite widespread ridicule, the Government has persisted with the previous Government&#8217;s barmy proposal to introduce a 2/3 pint measure for draught beer and cider.  Under the pretence of  &#8220;removing unnecessary red tape&#8221;, it has actually resisted calls for genuine deregulation. &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2011/01/bizarre-23-pint-proposal-to-go-ahead/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>“Half of that mince, please”</title>
		<link>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/11/%e2%80%9chalf-of-that-mince-please%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/11/%e2%80%9chalf-of-that-mince-please%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erithacus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer affairs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metricviews.org.uk/?p=1631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two little anecdotes illustrate the difficulties still being experienced by customers because neither the Government nor “consumer advocates” will try to help them adapt to metric units in the supermarket. Anecdote 1 A woman in her 60s approaches the fresh &#8230; <a href="http://metricviews.org.uk/2010/11/%e2%80%9chalf-of-that-mince-please%e2%80%9d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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